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Pakistan: Flood Protection Plan to be Implemented from July 1

Rawalpindi: Rescue Services have prepared a flood protection plan which would be enforced after July 01. Director General Punjab emergency Services, Rescue 1122 DrRizwan Naseer said a flood protection plan has been prepared to deal with possible flooding during the upcoming monsoon season. He said all arrangements to face any disaster situation have been completed, and Rescue teams are already prepared to handle any emergency circumstances

Pakistan: Workshop on Skill Development, Capacity Building for BLS Held

The Institute of Paramedical Sciences (IPMS), Khyber Medical University (KMU), Peshawar in collaboration with Cardiology department of Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar organised a workshop on "Skill Development and Capacity Building for Basic Life Support (BLS) at Institute of Business and Management Sciences (IBMS) Hayatabad, Peshawar.
On this occasion, KMU Vice Chancellor, Professor Dr Mohammad Hafizullah was the chief guest. He said that the basic purpose of the workshop is the training of the master trainers so that they may be able to train the students of their institutes, according to a press release issued here on June 27. A per

Pakistan: PIMS Ready to Meet Emergency Health Crisis

Islamabad: The leaves of all the hospital consultants and physicians serving at the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, PIMS, have been cancelled for June 23 order to provide full health cover to law enforcement officials including those discharging their duties to protect public property and lives of people during the arrival of PAT chief Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri.
Talking to media persons after inspecting arrangements at the hospital, the vice chancellor of SZAB Medical University, PIMS, said: “Anyone needing health assistance during the arrival of the PAT chief will be given full medical assistance in case of any emergency. We a

Pakistan: District Disaster Management Authorities Revamped

Karachi: The Sindh government has revamped the district disaster management authorities and redefined their tasks.\r\nThe deputy commissioners have been appointed as the chairpersons of their respective DDMAs. The members of the each reconstituted DDMA include an MNA of the district; an MPA of the district; the SSP; additional deputy commissioner I and II; the chief municipal officer; the chief officer of the district council; the works and services superintendent engineer;

Pakistan: Disaster Management Authority to Finally Get a Helicopter

Karachi: The authority has floated international tenders for the procurement of the helicopter. Officials of the provincial government told The Express Tribune that Rs 1.6 billion have been allocated for the new helicopter. It would have the seating capacity for 17 people and would bear a minimum of 600 kilogrammes at the time of take-off.\r\n“Since we don’t have our own helicopter, we borrow it from the navy or the Askari Aviation of Pakistan Army Trust,” a finance department official told The Express Tribune. “If we hire a helicopter from private firms, it costs us more than Rs 0.3 million per day.&rdq